Chapter 22

• *Briar Forest*
• The moon was high as the party was going on. Lord Zinpetor stood at the window with a goblet of red wine laced with human blood. Lord Zinpetor could not help but notice how softly the snow fell to the ground from the atmosphere. Peaceful and calm it was, smirking to himself he thought that Zenmia would love this.
• The smile that was once on his face disappeared. Since he had to give Zenmia the news of her mother, she had not ventured out of her quarter. Some days she ate very little while others nothing at all.